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macarism

macarism noun: happiness as a result of praise.

Noun

macarism (countable and uncountable, plural macarisms)

  1. Happiness as a result of praise.
  2. Beatitude.

Forms of macarism

pluralmacarisms
alternative formmakarism

Origin of macarism

From Ancient Greek μακαρισμός (makarismós), from μακάριος (makários, “happy”) + -ισμός (-ismós).

Questions about macarism

What does macarism mean?
Macarism means happiness as a result of praise.
What part of speech is macarism?
Macarism is a noun.
What is the plural of macarism?
The plural of macarism is macarisms.

Words near macarism in the dictionary

  1. macariids
  2. macarise
  3. macarised
  4. macarises
  5. macarising
  6. macarism
  7. macarisms
  8. Macarius
  9. macarize
  10. macarized
  11. macarizes

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